Court action targets violators of price ceilings
The OPA will use enforcement through the courts to compel compliance by stall renters and other violators after failed appearances at summary hearings. Washington County’s price panel, under E. E. Bradley, and a team of 48 workers oversee education and enforcement while urging voluntary compliance to ensure price control until scarce goods return to normal.
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OPA
McCormick
Ration Board
Washington County
Washington
E. E. Bradley
Poles Take Pesaro and Reach Gothic Line in Italy
Allied advances reach the eastern German Gothic line as Polish troops take the Adriatic port of Pesaro after a bitter battle and rapid river crossing at Soglia and Foglia. German counterattacks fail with heavy losses while remaining German positions resist further inland.
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Rome
Pesaro
Soglia
6Th Army
Foglia
Gornie
Italy
Heir to Reynolds Tobacco Fortune Spends Over $100000 Annually
Court records show Christopher Smith Reynolds, 11, heir to the Reynolds tobacco fortune, has had more than $100,000 spent each year for seven years on his support, education, and recreation. Total for the period reached $770,277.45, plus $300,000 for a home near Stanford, Connecticut, paid by his mother Libby Holman Reynolds Holmes.
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Baltimore
Christopher Smith Reynolds
Reynolds Tobacco
Stanford
Conn
Libby Holman Reynolds Holmes
Poison Gas Transport Report From Europe War Front
New York August 31 Time correspondent John Scott reporting from Stockholm says Germans are sending poison gas cylinders toward the English Channel coast. An Allied plane strafed a guarded train moving from Germany through Holland. gas escaped, killing several guards and causing panic in a nearby Dutch town. Scott noted many trains pass through Belgium and Holland toward the channel.
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New York
John Scott
Blue
Stockholm
English Channel
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Channel
Scott
Radio Broadcasts Preview as September Premieres Start
In New York on August 21, networks plan early September premieres. NBC opens with Frank Morgan Variety at 8 PM featuring Robert Young and Cass Daley, replacing Fanny Brice. Joan Davis returns at 9:20 PM, while Burns and Allen and Sinatra return to CBS.
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New York
Burns
Allen
Frank Sinatra
CBS
NBC
Frank Morgan
Robert Young
M. C
Cass Daley
Eric Blore
Butler
Fanny Brice
Morgan
Joan Davis
Jack Haley
Reds Capture Great Ploesti Oil Fields
Russian forces under Gen. Malinovsky push south toward Bucharest after taking Ploesti area towns north and east of the capital. The raid, described in a Soviet communique, also claims heavy German losses and a broader advance into Transylvania with hundreds of towns seized and several senior commanders captured.
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Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Ploesti
Bucharest
Meriuta
Malinovsky
Transylvania
Carpathian Mountains
Pioesti
London
Transylvan
Malinovsk
Heil
Weitzner
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Danube River
Black Sea
Red Army thrust toward Danube frontier in Balkans
Soviet forces pressed from positions south of the Danube through Dobruja and into the Danube valley in Wallachia as part of a rapid push toward the Bulgarian border and potential link with Marshal Tito's troops in Serbia.
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Danube
Dobruja
Walachia
Marshal Tito
Serbia
Government May Seize Idle Mines
In Pittsburgh on August 21, 5,600 striking workers faced possible government seizure of idle Western Pennsylvania coal mines as the War Labor Board sent a dispute over recognition of a supervisors union to the President. Strike votes at five mines showed three pits voting to stop work, one opposing, and one deadlocked amid poll results conducted by the National Labor Relations Board among clerical, technical, and supervisory workers of District 30.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
War Labor Board
National Labor Relations Board
Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Employee Union
United Mine Workers
Arm from Arizona desert added to local museum
Robert C. Reno of Bellview avenue reports a new exhibit at his museum a mummified arm believed to be a woman’s. The hand bones flesh and mails are described as well preserved in the display.
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Robert C. Reno
Bellview Avenue
Arizona
Emphasis on Sunday school urged at Brethren conference
Dr Raymond Peters executive secretary of the Board of Christian Education urged stronger emphasis on Sunday school during the Southeastern Regional Conference of the Church of the Brethren in Hagerstown. He warned of declining church school attendance and called for a curriculum for parents to use at home and a united church effort to foster Christian education alongside preaching. Dr Warren D Bowman also spoke. Desmond Bittinger discussed world missions at the first session. A fellowship meal followed.
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Raymond Peters
Board of Christian Education
Church of the Brethren
Hagerstown
Peters
Warren D. Bowman
Desmond Bittinger
the Gospel Messenger
College leaders headline Brethren regional conference
Bridgewater College officials spoke on expansion and the future of Christian higher education at the Southeastern Region annual conference of the Church of the Brethren. Delegates from states south of the Mason-Dixon line to Florida attended as sessions ran through the day with speakers including Rev. Qia DeLauter and Dr. Minor Myers.
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Ley J. Mays
Bridgewater College
Pauw H. Bowman
Church of the Brethren
Mason-Dixon Line
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
West
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